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Master Microsoft Azure Fundamentals: AZ-900 Exam Prep 2026 (Udemy.com)

Comprehensive AZ-900 Training with Practice Tests, Study Guides, and More for Microsoft Azure Certification Success

Created by: Scott Duffy

Last updated September 2026

Our take

Based on the ratings of 142,464 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in September 2026. No course pays to be reviewed.

This is a straight-through prep course for Microsoft's AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals exam, taught by Scott Duffy across 15 sections and 88 lectures. It covers cloud computing basics, Azure compute and storage, identity and security, cost management, and governance, then hands you a 24-page study guide and a 50-question practice test. The course carries no prerequisites and no Azure account is required, so it's built for people starting from zero rather than IT pros brushing up before a harder cert.

Reviewers who passed the exam credit the course directly, several mentioning scores in the 90s within a day of finishing. Students like that Duffy breaks concepts down clearly and that the practice tests give a rough feel for exam format, even if the real thing runs a bit harder with drag-and-drop and true/false items instead of pure multiple choice. The complaints cluster around delivery: one reviewer flags mumbled audio that trips up the auto-captions, another points to slides that reuse the same plain bullet-point design section after section, and a couple describe lectures that jump between subtopics before circling back, which makes note-taking hard. One reviewer also caught a factual slip on VPN gateway peering.

At 8.7 hours it's a manageable weekend project, not a multi-week slog, and it's backed by 142,000-plus reviews at a 4.6 average. For a first pass at Azure fundamentals with a clear exam target, it's a solid, low-risk choice. Anyone wanting deeper hands-on practice with actual Azure resources should plan to supplement it.

Best forComplete beginners who want a guided, exam-mapped path to the AZ-900 badge.
Skip it ifYou already know basic cloud concepts and want hands-on labs, not slide lectures.

Pros

  • 142,000+ reviews at a 4.6 average rating
  • Includes a 24-page study guide PDF and a 50-question practice test
  • Students report passing the exam within a day or two of finishing
  • Manually captioned lectures plus downloadable audio for on-the-go review

Cons

  • One reviewer flags mumbled audio that throws off the auto-generated captions
  • Slides reuse the same plain bullet-point layout across most sections
  • A few lectures jump between subtopics before circling back, which hurts note-taking
Great course and teaches you everything you will need to know to pass the exam. As an instructor I rate Scott Duffy very highly
Gavin Lythgoe, a student

Genuinely beginner-friendly for non-technical learners; those chasing advanced certs will outgrow it fast.

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What you will learn

  • Pass the Microsoft AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals test
  • Earn the Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals badge
  • Learn the main concepts of cloud computing
  • Understand what services and solutions Azure offers
  • Includes latest changes! Always up-to-date.

Course content

15 sections · 88 lectures · 8.8 hours of video 13 quizzes, 2 practice tests, 4 articles

  1. 1AZ-900 Course 3 free previews7 lectures · 30 min
  2. 2AZ-900 - Describe Cloud Computing 1 free preview6 lectures · 1 quiz · 37 min
  3. 3AZ-900 - Benefits of Cloud Computing8 lectures · 1 quiz · 53 min
  4. 4AZ-900 - Cloud Service Types2 lectures · 1 quiz · 16 min
  5. 5AZ-900 - Core Architectural Components of Azure5 lectures · 1 quiz · 33 min
  6. 6AZ-900 - Azure Compute and Networking Services8 lectures · 1 quiz · 52 min
  7. 7AZ-900 - Azure Compute Demo 1 free preview8 lectures · 1 hour
  8. 8AZ-900 - Azure Storage9 lectures · 1 quiz · 56 min
  9. 9AZ-900 - Identity, Access and Security12 lectures · 1 quiz · 1.2 hours
  10. 10AZ-900 - Cost Management in Azure4 lectures · 1 quiz · 27 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • Candidates with non-technical backgrounds who are interested in learning about the cloud
  • Candidates with technical backgrounds who are interested in getting more advanced certs in the future

What you need before you start

  • Excitement to learn Microsoft's constantly growing cloud platform
  • No Azure account or subscription required

How it compares

Against the other 848 rated Udemy courses in IT Certifications on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 63% of them
  • Reviews142,464#1 of 849 by number of reviews
  • Length8.8 hourslonger than 51% of them
  • Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 92% of them

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Course Description

Dive into the world of Microsoft Azure with our all-inclusive AZ-900 course, meticulously crafted to ensure your success on the Azure Fundamentals exam. Join over 600,000 students on this bestselling AZ-900 course. Updated for the July 2026 exam. Up-to-date as of August 2026.

LEARN THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AZURE!

The course includes the following free bonuses:

  • BONUS #1: All lectures closed-captioned in English

  • BONUS #2: Quiz questions to reinforce learning throughout the course

  • BONUS #3: Downloadable 24-page study guide PDF for the exam that covers the contents of the course

  • BONUS #4: Two 50-question practice tests (all brand new questions in Nov 2025!)

  • BONUS #5: Downloadable audios for the course so that you can listen to the course on the go

It contains a 24-page study guide, complete audio re-mastering, audio files can be downloaded, slides can be downloaded. Quizzes added. New 50-question practice test was added. This course is continually improved.

Updated for the July 2026 exam updates.

Bonus student study guide!

Complete preparation for the new AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals exam. AZ-900 is a great foundation for the basics of Microsoft Azure, but you don't have to be a beginner to find value with it. AZ-900 is great for people with no technical background, as well as learners who are interested in a career in cloud computing and want a solid foundation before moving on to higher certifications. This is a complete course on the core concepts of Microsoft Azure.

This always-up-to-date course thoroughly covers the AZ-900 exam from start to finish. Always updated with the latest requirements. This course goes over each requirement of the exam in detail. If you have no experience in Azure, this is the course that will get you up to speed.

Microsoft Azure is still the fastest-growing large cloud platform. The opportunities for jobs in cloud computing are still out there, and finding well-qualified people is the #1 problem that businesses have.

If you're looking to change your career, this would be a good entry point into cloud computing.

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Instructor Details

Scott Duffy

Hi there, my name is Scott Duffy. And I love making complex technical topics easy to understand. 

    This has been the basis of my entire career – as a developer, as a development manager, as a software architect – over the past 20 years. I spend half my time in the world of business, explaining complex technical topics to business owners and stakeholders so that they can understand and agree with my approach to solving their business problems with technical solutions. And the other half with developers, explaining the business reasons behind decisions and ensuring that any decisions made on the technical side don't restrict the business in unexpected ways. 

    And I'm here on Udemy to teach what I know in an approachable way. I started teaching courses in 2014, and have taught over 1,600,000 students. I am grateful every day for being able to connect with so many students in almost every country around the world.

    I'm a certified Enterprise Architect and certified cloud architect. I have been developing with Microsoft technologies for 20 years, starting with Classic ASP, and all the versions of .NET. We now live in the cloud era, with Microsoft Azure being prevalent in most large enterprises. I'm certified as an Azure Architect and Developer too. As well as AWS Solution Architect Associate (SAA).

    Microsoft MVP Award winner for 2022-2025.

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Reviews

4.6

142,464 ratings on Udemy

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By Abdul Sabir on 8/20/2026

Yes, Scott Duffy is an excellent teacher; he makes it easy to understand the concepts and easy to follow along; also, I had no idea Udemy have so many good courses at such low prices; I will continue using Udemy for technical learning

By Ashley Kleynhans on 8/13/2026

Great course. The instructor is very knowledgeable and engaging. I was able to take and pass the AZ-900 exam the day after completing this course and reading over the Study Guide PDF that is provided by the instructor. The practice tests help you to gain a bit of an understanding of what to expect in the actual exam, but the actual exam is not quite as easy as the practice tests.

By July Vallejo on 7/23/2026

The course is good overall. It covers all the topics in the study guide that Microsoft provides. I would like to go deeper into some topics that the instructor touches on only briefly, as well as see more demos, like Azure Arc and IaC.

By Bharat Joshi on 7/20/2026

Absolutely fantastic training course! The material was clear, engaging, and incredibly well-organized. The instructor did a brilliant job of breaking down complex ideas into practical, easy-to-understand steps. I walked away with concrete skills that I am already using in my work. Highly recommended!

By Parmjit Virk on 7/19/2026

This is an excellent prep course for the AZ-900 exam in July 2026. Comprehensive lectures along with solid practice tests. Highly recommended along with the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Original Practice Tests for AZ-900 module.

By Saransh Upadhyay on 7/13/2026

Excellent course for AZ-900. Scott explains cloud concepts in a simple, beginner-friendly way without overwhelming you. The lessons are concise and cover all the exam objectives. I used this course as my primary resource, combined it with practice exams, and successfully passed the AZ-900 certification. Highly recommended for anyone starting their cloud journey.

By Ivan Elisandro da Silva on 7/9/2026

Really comprehensive course that guides you through the certification requirements. I started with Microsoft Learn but soon shifted to this course for a faster study approach. I was scoring between 94% and 98% in my final practice assessments. I have background on software development but not on cloud development, but the concepts were easy to learn based on general development experience. Took the exam, got a score of 889 and got the certificate. Highly recommended!

By Daniel Mendieta Solis on 6/24/2026

Scott's tests have questions that cannot be answered using the info he provided himself. For instance, in Scott's related course "AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Original Practice Tests", we can find the question "Which Azure Storage option is the lowest-cost NoSQL storage option for structured, non-relational data?" But no video or document in the course -not even from "AZ-900 Study Resources"- cover this. One would assume an exam prep course would allow you to answer all test questions provided by the very same instructor. Spectacular!

By Rodolphe ACHY on 6/11/2026

The exam isn't exactly like the practice tests proposed, but content-wise everything is there and your presentation of all the concepts is really good. I passed the AZ-900 exam today with a score of 857 points. Thanks again for this quality course which helped me, along with other resources, to obtain my first Microsoft certification

By Ananth Gopinedi on 4/8/2026

The course was well structured and easy to follow, especially for understanding azure fundamentals. the explanations were clear, and real-time scenarios helped me connect concept to practical use cases. it was good match for my current role and helped strengthen my confidence in azure concepts and exam preparation. overall, a very useful and informative learning experience.

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Overall Score : 92 / 100